Episode 4 [re-watch]

[A Cousin]

(20-01-2012 04:53 PM)Noam Wrote:  I thought that there was a deliberate mistake at one point - when Malcolm is texting the US Minister, he writes "Prioritise" (or maybe prioritising). I thought that this would tip off the Minister that his phone had been hacked, as an American would have written 'PrioritiZe'. I suppose that it depends on whom the American thought he was texting with.

Certainly. But I tend to chalk these kinds of things up to it being a British production being written and filmed by British artists for British viewers. There have been "clunker" moments throughout the years. They happen so rarely, though, that they really throw this American ear off when they do happen. And then I move on....

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(08-09-2010 04:19 PM)Silktie Wrote:  And to our US friends - the guy that played the US Foreign Secretary's accent was quite good, I thought?

Never did answer this.

Yes, Colin Stinton (Traynor Styles) does have an excellent accent. Upon (very minimal) research, I have found out that he is a born Canadian who immigrated to the US when he was 5. He now splits his time between Chicago and London so he must have dual citizenship. So, my apologies to KUDOs for all the bitching I have done in the past re: casting Americans in American roles.